diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f60cd2d5..27850d1b 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,19 +10,18 @@ Please read this before contributing.
## Quality over Quantity
-We're trying to keep it simple and promote the best tools, not all of them. Maximum are three software choices, but it's possible to add more under "Worth Mentioning" headlines. ([example](https://privacytoolsio.github.io/privacytools.io/#im))
+We're trying to keep it simple and promote the best tools, not all of them.
## Software Criteria
-- Open Source
-- Cross-platform
-- Easy to use
-- Privacy respecting
+- Easy to use. Could your mother use that tool or service? Usability is most important.
+- Cross-platform / Accessible.
+- Privacy respecting.
+- Open Source / free software is preferred but not required.
There can be exceptions if no software is available that meet the criteria.
## Images
-- Provider logos should be exactly 200 x 70 ([example](https://www.privacytools.io/assets/img/provider/AirVPN.gif))
-- Tool logos should be exactly 120 x 120 ([example](https://www.privacytools.io/assets/img/tools/ChatSecure.png))
-
+- Provider logos are 200px x 70px ([example](https://www.privacytools.io/assets/img/provider/AirVPN.png))
+- Tool logos are 120px x 120px ([example](https://www.privacytools.io/assets/img/tools/ChatSecure.png))
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+language: ruby
+rvm:
+ - 2.4.1
+
+# Assume bundler is being used, therefore
+# the `install` step will run `bundle install` by default.
+script: ./build.sh
+
+sudo: false # route your build to the container-based infrastructure for a faster build
+
+cache: bundler # caching bundler gem packages will speed up build
diff --git a/.well-known/keybase.txt b/.well-known/keybase.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..320c5cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.well-known/keybase.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+==================================================================
+https://keybase.io/privacytools
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+I hereby claim:
+
+ * I am an admin of https://privacytools.io
+ * I am privacytools (https://keybase.io/privacytools) on keybase.
+ * I have a public key ASAkK34bChwgcSbs249aVEhWUYhfn9PYB0yx8y5hZEdLIAo
+
+To do so, I am signing this object:
+
+{
+ "body": {
+ "key": {
+ "eldest_kid": "0120242b7e1b0a1c207126ecdb8f5a54485651885f9fd3d8074cb1f32e6164474b200a",
+ "host": "keybase.io",
+ "kid": "0120242b7e1b0a1c207126ecdb8f5a54485651885f9fd3d8074cb1f32e6164474b200a",
+ "uid": "81b38301543203013da707b866f13619",
+ "username": "privacytools"
+ },
+ "merkle_root": {
+ "ctime": 1554941326,
+ "hash": "398a76706f68401cae4b733ff7c2bd7ad2fb40598604dd10f49a1f04db1173b26caf1c0bd480689d3d5f30c6b60190a69edc76e62d7ad1c16e19e0432c16b21e",
+ "hash_meta": "ee549365960473d4eec7331ecf3de0e38340c44a4ee61898ca542940b2e2d765",
+ "seqno": 5139256
+ },
+ "service": {
+ "entropy": "mEBRbFG3gU9gRt24VacvKVGm",
+ "hostname": "privacytools.io",
+ "protocol": "https:"
+ },
+ "type": "web_service_binding",
+ "version": 2
+ },
+ "client": {
+ "name": "keybase.io go client",
+ "version": "3.2.1"
+ },
+ "ctime": 1554941350,
+ "expire_in": 504576000,
+ "prev": "9947a42be64540ab809b87df765f3139cedbada82ae04012e97c94060fbed4f8",
+ "seqno": 20,
+ "tag": "signature"
+}
+
+which yields the signature:
+
+hKRib2R5hqhkZXRhY2hlZMOpaGFzaF90eXBlCqNrZXnEIwEgJCt+GwocIHEm7NuPWlRIVlGIX5/T2AdMsfMuYWRHSyAKp3BheWxvYWTESpcCFMQgmUekK+ZFQKuAm4ffdl8xOc7bragq4EAS6XyUBg++1PjEIDwvpOGptD6jbBIm52/LR9l4T2xslWcgKtq6zH2HvOGKAgHCo3NpZ8RAeFaHjsUF7kqDas46rMXC1KDIJE520BD57OMws6dnJxbMmJf8O3rRNrLCineR5vpetxjtxGYrhmTWPtgSyYQhD6hzaWdfdHlwZSCkaGFzaIKkdHlwZQildmFsdWXEIGJSitnvAgdVMG+AyewIHT4cBbbWjGh4/cesl/uzqfQZo3RhZ80CAqd2ZXJzaW9uAQ==
+
+And finally, I am proving ownership of this host by posting or
+appending to this document.
+
+View my publicly-auditable identity here: https://keybase.io/privacytools
+
+==================================================================
+
+==================================================================
+https://keybase.io/jonaharagon
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+I hereby claim:
+
+ * I am an admin of https://privacytools.io
+ * I am jonaharagon (https://keybase.io/jonaharagon) on keybase.
+ * I have a public key ASBD2KZniUf0KM-4GzlgrMnnJzEg54hDvlsnGRExgP2IfAo
+
+To do so, I am signing this object:
+
+{
+ "body": {
+ "key": {
+ "eldest_kid": "01014354fcf62ba0752c5ceb6175fbecef4205b22adc102cb9f4963546960039f9c20a",
+ "host": "keybase.io",
+ "kid": "012043d8a6678947f428cfb81b3960acc9e7273120e78843be5b2719113180fd887c0a",
+ "uid": "3164c4d37d2d2bea011091787d7bc119",
+ "username": "jonaharagon"
+ },
+ "merkle_root": {
+ "ctime": 1554921408,
+ "hash": "3e5c007341d4b02dbe29217419189fa111e0dda3c3e9749540f98e85d769fdc7f0587228446bebc9d114535e75c7fbe2d81dbf1d6a9998add9a9b661eabccffa",
+ "hash_meta": "d346ffeac7eb4a94ff2cd518a27ed5cb745933316b4a9e91f102fd0c01118a63",
+ "seqno": 5137134
+ },
+ "service": {
+ "entropy": "3MGOPdt1pbQJ3jJphywjT9e9",
+ "hostname": "privacytools.io",
+ "protocol": "https:"
+ },
+ "type": "web_service_binding",
+ "version": 2
+ },
+ "client": {
+ "name": "keybase.io go client",
+ "version": "3.2.1"
+ },
+ "ctime": 1554921422,
+ "expire_in": 504576000,
+ "prev": "0c6f534ada5683036a1cd98291a995386925a572742e1aa43b2eb20394879ae3",
+ "seqno": 159,
+ "tag": "signature"
+}
+
+which yields the signature:
+
+hKRib2R5hqhkZXRhY2hlZMOpaGFzaF90eXBlCqNrZXnEIwEgQ9imZ4lH9CjPuBs5YKzJ5ycxIOeIQ75bJxkRMYD9iHwKp3BheWxvYWTES5cCzJ/EIAxvU0raVoMDahzZgpGplThpJaVydC4apDsusgOUh5rjxCBbnzb214v7MAMQHsGX2UxkYOPGr+WPD0WitCcDTTHkbQIBwqNzaWfEQByeB7GH1rHDvmFL8OZTS7xZ7oq8nbt/ZKJK8mFYoV0rym4akSdPiuzwP013lSH9msC3PhzpWSSTCmZk7OITtQGoc2lnX3R5cGUgpGhhc2iCpHR5cGUIpXZhbHVlxCBSTSnkhCA3soIAlMBA5R2DIINdDx0mk1xlj07KqwrwIKN0YWfNAgKndmVyc2lvbgE=
+
+And finally, I am proving ownership of this host by posting or
+appending to this document.
+
+View my publicly-auditable identity here: https://keybase.io/jonaharagon
+
+==================================================================
diff --git a/.well-known/librehost.json b/.well-known/librehost.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29cb0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.well-known/librehost.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+ "@context" : "http://schema.org",
+ "@type" : "Organization",
+ "organizationType" : "Informal collective",
+ "name" : "privacytools.io",
+ "tagLine" : "Private Services: No Ads, No Google Analytics, No Affiliates, and No Cross-Site Requests",
+ "homeUrl" : "https://www.privacytools.io/",
+ "logo" : "https://www.privacytools.io/assets/img/layout/shield.svg",
+ "description": "privacytools.io is a socially motivated website that provides information and services for protecting your security and privacy online. No Ads, No Google Analytics, No Affiliates, and No Cross-Site Requests.",
+ "communicationLanguages": ["en"],
+ "contactUrl": "https://www.privacytools.io/contact/",
+ "privacyPolicyUrl" : "https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-policy/",
+ "termsOfServiceUrl" : "-",
+ "isServiceProvider" : true,
+ "foundingDate": "2015",
+ "version": "0.0.1",
+ "dateCreated": "2019-05-02T16:25:00Z",
+ "dateModified": "2019-05-02T16:25:00Z"
+}
diff --git a/.well-known/matrix/client b/.well-known/matrix/client
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20a0718d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.well-known/matrix/client
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+ "m.homeserver": {
+ "base_url": "https://chat.privacytools.io"
+ },
+ "m.identity_server": {
+ "base_url": "https://vector.im"
+ }
+}
diff --git a/.well-known/matrix/server b/.well-known/matrix/server
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a4992fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.well-known/matrix/server
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+ "m.server": "chat.privacytools.io:8448"
+}
diff --git a/404.html b/404.html
index 7d7cf9b7..6e8e7276 100644
--- a/404.html
+++ b/404.html
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
---
-layout: default
+layout: minimal
active_page: 404
---
-
404
-
Page not found :(
-
We're redirecting you to the home page in 5 seconds. It this doesn't work, click here.
If you believe you reached this page in error, please contact us!
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3f2af9a..1aa048a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
_Encryption Against Global Mass Surveillance._
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io)
+
# Contributing
It's important for a website like privacytools.io to be up-to-date. Keep an eye on software updates of the applications listed here. Follow recent news about providers that are recommended. We try our best to keep up but we're not perfect and the internet is changing fast. So if you find an error, or you think a provider should not be listed here, or a qualified service provider is missing or a browser plugin is not the best choice anymore or anything else...
-**Talk to us please.** Join our [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/) and start a discussion. This is a community project and we're aiming to deliver the best information available for a better privacy. We are also using [/r/privacy](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy). Thank you for participating.
+**Talk to us please.** Join our [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/) and start a discussion. This is a community project and we're aiming to deliver the best information available for a better privacy. Thank you for participating.
You can submit your suggestions here on GitHub [(Issues)](https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues) and also in our [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/). Please refer to the [Contributing Guidelines](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) before submitting. Thank you.
@@ -19,8 +21,9 @@ You can submit your suggestions here on GitHub [(Issues)](https://github.com/pri
# Support privacytools.io
-- [Donate.](https://privacytoolsio.github.io/privacytools.io/donate.html)
-- [Spread the word.](https://privacytoolsio.github.io/privacytools.io/#participate)
+- [Donate.](https://www.privacytools.io/donate/)
+- [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/privacytools.io/donate) or [Patreon.](https://www.patreon.com/privacytools)
+- [Spread the word.](https://www.privacytools.io/#participate)
- [Make suggestions on reddit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/)
- View and edit our website source code here on GitHub.
@@ -28,8 +31,10 @@ You can submit your suggestions here on GitHub [(Issues)](https://github.com/pri
- [繁体中文 / Chinese](https://privacytools.twngo.xyz/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/twngo/privacytools-zh)
- [Español / Spanish](https://victorhck.gitlab.io/privacytools-es/) - [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/victorhck/privacytools-es)
- [Deutsch / German](https://privacytools.it-sec.rocks/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/Anon215/privacytools.it-sec.rocks)
+- [Français / French](https://privacytools.dreads-unlock.fr/) - [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/Booteille/privacytools)
- [Italiano / Italian](https://privacytools-it.github.io/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/privacytools-it/privacytools-it.github.io)
- [Русский / Russian](https://privacytools.ru) - [GitHub](https://github.com/c0rdis/privacytools.ru)
+- [Português / Portuguese](https://www.privacidade.digital/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/PrivacidadeDigital/privacidade.digital)
# License
[Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License](https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index ce7b8c2c..355e9fe6 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
title: Privacy Tools - Encryption Against Global Mass Surveillance
-description: You are being watched! Knowledge, encryption and privacy tools to protect you against global mass surveillance.
-url: "https://privacytools.io"
+description: You are being watched. Knowledge, encryption and privacy tools to protect you against global mass surveillance.
+url: "https://www.privacytools.io"
sass:
style: compressed
plugins:
- jekyll-sitemap
sitemap:
file: "/sitemap.xml"
+include: [".well-known"]
diff --git a/_includes/card.html b/_includes/card.html
index 11847f44..b7c5d609 100644
--- a/_includes/card.html
+++ b/_includes/card.html
@@ -26,18 +26,35 @@
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
-
Blokada works across all of your apps, not only the browser. It doesn't require root, supports both wifi and mobile networks, and is perfectly safe and simple to use. Just turn it on, and it will do the job silently!
+
NetGuard provides simple and advanced ways to block certain apps' access to the internet without the help of root privileges. Applications and addresses can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection, allowing you to control which apps are able to call home or not.
+
Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Root Mode: Orbot can be configured to transparently proxy all of your Internet traffic through Tor. You can also choose which specific apps you want to use through Tor.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ The following add-ons require root access, which makes your device more vulnerable. Proceed with caution.
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html b/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..470477e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+
Excellent Firefox Privacy Add-ons
+
+
+ Improve your privacy with these excellent Firefox add-ons.
+
+
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Privacy Badger: Stop Tracking"
+image="/assets/img/addons/privacy-badger.png"
+description="Privacy Badger is a browser add-on that stops advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web. Privacy Badger learns about trackers as you browse."
+website="https://www.eff.org/privacybadger"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-privacy-badger/265"
+github="https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+opera=""
+android=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="uBlock Origin: Block Ads and Trackers"
+image="/assets/img/addons/ublock-origin.png"
+description="uBlock Origin is an efficient wide-spectrum-blocker that's easy on memory, and yet can load and enforce thousands more filters than other popular blockers out there. It has no monetization strategy and is completely open source."
+website="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-ublock-origin/266"
+github="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+safari=""
+opera=""
+edge=""
+android=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Cookie AutoDelete: Automatically Delete Cookies"
+image="/assets/img/addons/cookie-autodelete.png"
+description="Cookie AutoDelete automatically removes cookies when they are no longer used by open browser tabs. With the cookies, lingering sessions, as well as information used to spy on you, will be expunged."
+website="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-cookie-autodelete/267"
+github="https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="HTTPS Everywhere: Secure Connections"
+image="/assets/img/addons/https-everywhere.png"
+description="HTTPS Everywhere encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. A collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
+website="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-https-everywhere/268"
+github="https://github.com/EFForg/https-everywhere"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+android=""
+opera=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Decentraleyes: Block Content Delivery Networks"
+image="/assets/img/addons/decentraleyes.png"
+description="Decentraleyes emulates Content Delivery Networks locally by intercepting requests, finding the required resource and injecting it into the environment. This all happens instantaneously, automatically, and no prior configuration is required."
+website="https://decentraleyes.org/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-decentraleyes/269"
+gitlab="https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+opera=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Terms of Service; Didn’t Read: Be Informed"
+image="/assets/img/addons/tosdr.png"
+description="Terms of Service; Didn’t Read “I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web. This addon aims to fix that by grading websites based on their Terms of Service agreements and gives short summaries."
+website="https://tosdr.org/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-decentraleyes/270"
+github="https://github.com/tosdr/"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+opera=""
+safari=""
+%}
+
+
For Experts Only
+
+
+ These addons require quite a lot of interaction from the user. Some sites will not work properly until you have configured the add-ons.
+
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="uMatrix: Stop Cross-Site Requests"
+image="/assets/img/addons/umatrix.png"
+description="uMatrix gives you control over the requests that websites make to other websites. Many websites integrate features which let other websites track you, such as Facebook Like Buttons or Google Analytics."
+website="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/umatrix/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-umatrix/271"
+github="https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+opera=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="NoScript Security Suite: Be in total control"
+image="/assets/img/addons/noscript.png"
+description="NoScript is a highly customizable plugin to selectively allow JavaScript, Java, and Flash to run only on websites you trust. Not for casual users, it requires technical knowledge to configure."
+website="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/noscript/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-noscript-security-suite/272"
+github="https://github.com/hackademix/noscript"
+firefox=""
+chrome=""
+%}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html b/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..139351e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
Browser Fingerprint - Is your browser configuration unique?
+
+
+ Your Browser sends information that makes you unique amongst millions of users and therefore easy to identify.
+
+
+
+
+
When you visit a web page, your browser voluntarily sends information about its configuration, such as available fonts, browser type, and add-ons. If this combination of information is unique, it may be possible to identify and track you without using cookies. EFF created a Tool called Panopticlick to test your browser to see how unique it is.
You need to find what most browsers are reporting, and then use those variables to bring your browser in the same population. This means having the same fonts, plugins, and extensions installed as the large installed base. You should have a spoofed user agent string to match what the large userbase has. You need to have the same settings enabled and disabled, such as DNT and WebGL. You need your browser to look as common as everyone else. Disabling JavaScript, using Linux, or even the TBB, will make your browser stick out from the masses.
+
+
Modern web browsers have not been architected to assure personal web privacy. Rather than worrying about being fingerprinted, it seems more practical to use free software plugins like Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin. They not only respect your freedom, but your privacy also. You can get much further with these than trying to manipulate your browser's fingerprint.
+
+
+
Firefox Addon: CanvasBlocker
+
+
addons.mozilla.org - CanvasBlocker allows users to prevent websites from using some Javascript APIs to fingerprint them. Users can choose to block the APIs entirely on some or all websites (which may break some websites) or just block or fake its fingerprinting-friendly readout API.
BrowserLeaks.com - Web browser security testing tools, that tell you what exactly personal identity data may be leaked without any permissions when you surf the Internet.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html b/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49bf0722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
Browser Recommendation
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Mozilla Firefox"
+image="/assets/img/tools/Firefox.png"
+description='Firefox is fast, reliable, open source and respects your privacy. Don\'t forget to adjust the settings according to our
+recommendations: WebRTC and about:config and get the privacy add-ons.'
+website="https://www.firefox.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-firefox/279"
+github="https://github.com/mozilla"
+windows=""
+mac=""
+linux=""
+android=""
+ios=""
+bsd=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Tor Browser - For Experts"
+image="/assets/img/tools/Tor-Browser.png"
+description="Tor Browser is your choice if you need an extra layer of anonymity. It's a modified version of Firefox, it comes with pre-installed privacy add-ons, encryption and an advanced proxy."
+website="https://www.torproject.org/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-tor-browser/278"
+git="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor"
+windows=""
+mac=""
+linux=""
+android=""
+ios=""
+bsd=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Brave Browser - Complete but Experimental"
+image="/assets/img/tools/Brave.png"
+description="The new open source browser Brave automatically blocks ads and trackers, making it faster and safer than your current browser. Brave is based on Chromium. experimental "
+website="https://brave.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-brave-browser/280"
+github="https://github.com/brave"
+windows=""
+mac=""
+linux=""
+android=""
+ios=""
+%}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-tweaks.html b/_includes/sections/browser-tweaks.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..038c7c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-tweaks.html
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+
Firefox: Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks
+
+
This is a collection of privacy-related about:config tweaks. We'll show you how to enhance the privacy of your Firefox browser.
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Preparation:
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Enter "about:config" in the firefox address bar and press enter.
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Press the button "I'll be careful, I promise!"
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Follow the instructions below...
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Getting started:
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privacy.firstparty.isolate = true
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A result of the Tor Uplift effort, this preference isolates all browser identifier sources (e.g. cookies) to the first party domain, with the goal of preventing tracking across different domains. (Don't do this if you are using the Firefox Addon "Cookie AutoDelete" with Firefox v58 or below.)
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privacy.resistFingerprinting = true
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A result of the Tor Uplift effort, this preference makes Firefox more resistant to browser fingerprinting.
This is Mozilla's new built-in tracking protection. It uses Disconnect.me filter list, which is redundant if you are already using uBlock Origin 3rd party filters, therefore you should set it to false if you are using the add-on functionalities.
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browser.cache.offline.enable = false
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Disables offline cache.
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browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled = false
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Disable Google Safe Browsing malware checks. Security risk, but privacy improvement.
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browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled = false
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Disable Google Safe Browsing and phishing protection. Security risk, but privacy improvement.
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browser.send_pings = false
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The attribute would be useful for letting websites track visitors' clicks.
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browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo = 0
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Even with Firefox set to not remember history, your closed tabs are stored temporarily at Menu -> History -> Recently Closed Tabs.
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browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled = false
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Disable preloading of autocomplete URLs. Firefox preloads URLs that autocomplete when a user types into the address bar, which is a concern if URLs are suggested that the user does not want to connect to. Source
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dom.battery.enabled = false
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The battery status of your device could be tracked.
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dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled = false
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Disable that websites can get notifications if you copy, paste, or cut something from a web page, and it lets them know which part of the page had been selected.
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geo.enabled = false
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Disables geolocation.
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media.eme.enabled = false
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Disables playback of DRM-controlled HTML5 content, which, if enabled, automatically downloads the Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc. Details
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DRM-controlled content that requires the Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight NPAPI plugins will still play, if installed and enabled in Firefox.
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media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled = false
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Disables the Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc., used for the playback of DRM-controlled HTML5 content. Details
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media.navigator.enabled = false
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Websites can track the microphone and camera status of your device.
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network.cookie.cookieBehavior = 1
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+ Disable cookies
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0 = Accept all cookies by default
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1 = Only accept from the originating site (block third-party cookies)
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2 = Block all cookies by default
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network.cookie.lifetimePolicy = 2
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+ cookies are deleted at the end of the session
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0 = Accept cookies normally
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1 = Prompt for each cookie
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2 = Accept for current session only
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3 = Accept for N days
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network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy = 2
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+ Send only the scheme, host, and port in the Referer header
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0 = Send the full URL in the Referer header
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1 = Send the URL without its query string in the Referer header
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2 = Send only the scheme, host, and port in the Referer header
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network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy = 2
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+ Only send Referer header when the full hostnames match. (Note: if you notice significant breakage, you might try 1 combined with an XOriginTrimmingPolicy tweak below.) Source
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0 = Send Referer in all cases
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1 = Send Referer to same eTLD sites
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2 = Send Referer only when the full hostnames match
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network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy = 2
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+ When sending Referer across origins, only send scheme, host, and port in the Referer header of cross-origin requests. Source
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Limit the amount of identifiable information sent when requesting the Mozilla harmful extension blocklist.
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Optionally, the blocklist can be disabled entirely by setting extensions.blocklist.enabled to false for increased privacy, but decreased security. Source
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+
+
+
Firefox user.js Templates
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ghacks-user.js - An ongoing comprehensive user.js template for configuring and hardening Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting.
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pyllyukko/user.js - This is a user.js configuration file to harden Firefox's settings and make it more secure.
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+
+
+
Related Information
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+
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ffprofile.com - Helps you to create a Firefox profile with the defaults you like.
WebRTC cannot be fully disabled in Chrome, however it is possible to change its routing settings (and prevent leaks) using an extension. Two open source solutions include WebRTC Leak Prevent (options may need to be changed depending on the scenario), and uBlock Origin (select "Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses" in Settings).
diff --git a/_includes/sections/calendar-contacts-sync.html b/_includes/sections/calendar-contacts-sync.html
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+
Calendar and Contacts Sync
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+
+ If you are currently using a calendar and or contacts synchronization service like Google Sync or iCloud, you should pick an alternative here.
+
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+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Nextcloud"
+ image="/assets/img/provider/Nextcloud.png"
+ url="https://nextcloud.com/"
+ footer="Client OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, iOS, Android, Fire OS. Server: Linux."
+ description="NextCloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. This includes calendar sync via CalDAV and contacts sync via CardDAV. Nextcloud is free and open-source, thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Email Providers"
+ image="/assets/img/misc/email.png"
+ url="../email"
+ website="Email Providers section"
+ footer="OS: depends on email provider."
+ description="Many email providers also offer calendar and or contacts sync services. Refer to the Email Providers section to choose an email provider and check if they also offer calendar and or contacts sync."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="EteSync"
+ image="/assets/img/provider/etesync.png"
+ url="https://www.etesync.com/"
+ footer="Client OS: Android, Web. Server OS: Linux."
+ description="EteSync is a secure, end-to-end encrypted and journaled personal information (e.g. contacts and calendar) cloud synchronization and backup for Android and any OS that supports CalDAV/CardDAV. It costs $14 per year to use, or you can host the server yourself for free."
+ %}
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+
Worth Mentioning
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+
+
+ fruux - a unified contacts/calendaring system that works across platforms and devices.
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+
+
+ Flock - a discontinued calendar and contacts sync service by Open Whisper Systems. Despite being shut down the source code is still available on GitHub.
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+
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+ cloud backups - consider regularly exporting your calendar and or contacts and backing them up on a separate storage drive or uploading them to cloud storage (ideally after encrypting them).
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+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/cloud-storage.html b/_includes/sections/cloud-storage.html
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+
Encrypted Cloud Storage Services
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+
+ If you are currently using Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Apple iCloud, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Nextcloud - Choose your hoster"
+image="/assets/img/provider/Nextcloud.png"
+description="Similar functionally to the widely used Dropbox, with the difference being that Nextcloud is free and open-source, and thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server, with no limits on storage space or the number of connected clients."
+website="https://nextcloud.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-nextcloud/287"
+github="https://github.com/nextcloud"
+windows=""
+mac=""
+linux=""
+bsd=""
+ios=""
+android=""
+fire=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Least Authority S4 - For Experts"
+image="/assets/img/provider/S4.jpg"
+description="S4 (Simple Secure Storage Service) is Least Authority's verifiably secure off-site backup system for individuals and businesses. 100% client-side encryption and open source transparency. 250GB for $9.95/month or 5TB for $25.95/month. Servers are hosted with Amazon S3 in the US."
+website="https://leastauthority.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-least-authority-s4/288"
+github="https://github.com/LeastAuthority"
+windows=""
+mac=""
+linux=""
+bsd=""
+%}
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
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+
+
Cryptomator - Free client-side AES encryption for your cloud files. Open source software: No backdoors, no registration.
+
CryptPad - Free and end-to-end encrypted real time collaboration sharing folders, media, and documents.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/dns.html b/_includes/sections/dns.html
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+
Domain Name System (DNS)
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="OpenNIC - Service"
+image="/assets/img/tools/OpenNIC.png"
+description="OpenNIC is an alternate network information center/alternative DNS root which lists itself as an alternative to ICANN and its registries. Like all alternative root DNS systems, OpenNIC-hosted domains are unreachable to the vast majority of the Internet."
+website="https://www.opennic.org/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-opennic/338"
+github="https://github.com/OpenNIC"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Njalla - Domain Registration"
+image="/assets/img/provider/Njalla.png"
+description="Njalla only needs your email or jabber address in order to register a domain name for you. Created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted Payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal. A privacy-aware domain registration service."
+website="https://njal.la/"
+tor="http://njalladnspotetti.onion"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-njalla/339"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="DNSCrypt - Tool"
+image="/assets/img/tools/DNSCrypt.png"
+description="A protocol for securing communications between a client and a DNS resolver. The DNSCrypt protocol uses high-speed high-security elliptic-curve cryptography and is very similar to DNSCurve, but focuses on securing communications between a client and its first-level resolver."
+website="https://dnscrypt.info/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-dnscrypt/340"
+github="https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy"
+%}
+
+
Worth Mentioning
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+
+
NoTrack - A network-wide DNS server which blocks Tracking sites. Currently works in Debian and Ubuntu.
+
Namecoin - A decentralized DNS open source information registration and transfer system based on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.
+
Pi-hole - A network-wide DNS server for the Raspberry Pi. Blocks advertising and tracking domains for all devices on your network.
+
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diff --git a/_includes/sections/email-alternatives.html b/_includes/sections/email-alternatives.html
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+
Email Alternatives
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+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Bitmessage"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Bitmessage.png"
+ url="https://bitmessage.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless,
+ meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide \"non-content\" data."
+ %}
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="RetroShare"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/RetroShare.png"
+ url="https://retroshare.cc/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="Retroshare creates encrypted connections to your friends. Nobody can spy on you. Retroshare is completely decentralized. This means there are no central servers. It is entirely Open-Source and free. There are no costs, no ads and no Terms of Service."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
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+
I2P-Bote - End-to-end encrypted decentralized mail system within the I2P network.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/email-clients.html b/_includes/sections/email-clients.html
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+
Email Clients
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+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Thunderbird"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Thunderbird.png"
+ url="https://mozilla.org/thunderbird"
+ website="mozilla.org"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD."
+ description="Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform email, news, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird is an email, newsgroup, news feed, and chat (XMPP, IRC, Twitter) client."
+ %} {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Claws Mail"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Claws-Mail.png"
+ url="https://www.claws-mail.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Unix."
+ description="Claws Mail is a free and open source, GTK+-based email and news client. It offers easy configuration and an abundance of features. It is included with Gpg4win, an encryption suite for Windows."
+ %}
+
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+
+
Privacy Email Tools
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+
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gpg4usb - A very easy to use and small portable editor to encrypt and decrypt any text-message or -file. For Windows and Linux. GPG tutorial.
Enigmail - A security extension to Thunderbird and Seamonkey. It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.
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TorBirdy - TorBirdy configures Thunderbird to make connections over the Tor anonymity network. This extension is in beta and should be considered experimental.
+
Email Privacy Tester - This tool will send an Email to your address and perform privacy-related tests.
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Worth Mentioning
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+
+
K-9 Mail - An independent mail application for Android. It supports both POP3 and IMAP mailboxes, but only supports push mail for IMAP.
Mailpile (Beta) - A modern, fast web-mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/email-providers.html b/_includes/sections/email-providers.html
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+
Privacy-Conscious Email Providers - No Affiliates
+
+
+ All providers listed here are operating outside the US and support SMTP TLS. The table is sortable.
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Email Service
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URL
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Since
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Server
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Storage
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Price / Year
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Bitcoin
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Encryption
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Own Domain
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2013
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Switzerland
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500 MB
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Free
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Accepted
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Built-in
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Yes
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2015
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Netherlands
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2 GB
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Free
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Accepted
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Built-in
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Yes
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+
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+
+
+
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+
+
2011
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Germany
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1 GB
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Free
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No
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Built-in
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Yes
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+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
2013
+
Belgium
+
500 MB
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Free
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Accepted
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Built-in
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Yes
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+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
2014
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Germany
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2 GB
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12 €
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Accepted
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Built-in
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Yes
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+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
2009
+
Germany
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2 GB
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12 €
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No
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Built-in
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No
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+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
1999
+
Norway
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1 GB
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$ 19.95
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
2003
+
Switzerland
+
1 GB
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$ 49.95
+
Accepted
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Built-in
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Yes
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
2014
+
Netherlands
+
10 GB
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$ 59.95
+
Accepted
+
Built-in
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Yes
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
2010
+
Switzerland
+
2 GB
+
$ 60
+
Accepted
+
No
+
Yes
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Interesting Email Providers Under Development
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+
+
Confidant Mail - An open-source non-SMTP cryptographic email system optimized for large file attachments. It is a secure and spam-resistant alternative to regular email and online file drop services. It
+ uses GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) for content encryption and authentication, and TLS 1.2 with ephemeral keys for transport encryption.
+
Become Your Own Email Provider with Mail-in-a-Box
+
+
Take it a step further and get control of your email with this easy-to-deploy mail server in a box. Mail-in-a-Box lets you become your own mail service provider in a few easy steps. It's sort of like making your own Gmail, but one you control from top
+to bottom. Technically, Mail-in-a-Box turns a fresh cloud computer into a working mail server. But you don't need to be a technology expert to set it up. More: https://mailinabox.email/
+
+
Related Information
+
+
+
Aging 'Privacy' Law Leaves Cloud E-Mail Open to Cops - Data stored in the cloud for longer than 6 months is considered abandoned and may be accessed by intelligence agencies without
+ a warrant. Learning: Use an external email client like Thunderbird or Enigmail, download your emails and store them locally. Never leave them on the server.
Autistici/Inventati server compromised - The cryptographic services offered by the Autistici/Inventati server have been compromised on 15th June 2004. It was discovered on 21st June 2005. One year
+ later. During an enquiry on a single mailbox, the Postal Police may have tapped for a whole year every user's private communication going through the server autistici.org/inventati.org.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/file-encryption.html b/_includes/sections/file-encryption.html
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+
File Encryption Software
+
+
+ If you are currently not using encryption software for your hard disk, emails or file archives, you should pick an encryption software here.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="VeraCrypt - Disk Encryption"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/VeraCrypt.png"
+ url="https://veracrypt.fr/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="VeraCrypt is a source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption. It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or encrypt a partition
+ or the entire storage device with pre-boot authentication. VeraCrypt is a fork of the discontinued TrueCrypt project. It was initially released on June 22, 2013. According to its developers, security improvements have been implemented and issues
+ raised by the initial TrueCrypt code audit have been addressed."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="GNU Privacy Guard - Email Encryption"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/GnuPG.png"
+ url="https://gpgtools.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD."
+ description="GnuPG is a GPL Licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. GnuPG is compliant with RFC 4880, which is the current IETF standards track specification
+ of OpenPGP. Current versions of PGP (and Veridis' Filecrypt) are interoperable with GnuPG and other OpenPGP-compliant systems. GnuPG is a part of the Free Software Foundation's GNU software project, and has received major funding from the German
+ government. GPGTools for macOS."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="PeaZip - File Archive Encryption"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/PeaZip.png"
+ url="http://www.peazip.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, Linux, BSD."
+ description="PeaZip is a free and open-source file manager and file archiver made by Giorgio Tani. It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume
+ split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. It supports 181 file extensions (as of version 5.5.1).
+
macOS alternative:Keka is a free file archiver."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
Cryptomator - Free client-side AES encryption for your cloud files. Open source software: No backdoors, no registration.
+
DiskCryptor - A full disk and partition encryption system for Windows including the ability to encrypt the partition and disk on which the OS is installed.
+
Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) - A full disk encryption system for Linux using dm-crypt as the disk encryption backend. Included by default in Ubuntu. Available for Windows and Linux.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/file-sharing.html b/_includes/sections/file-sharing.html
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+
File Sharing
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="OnionShare"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/OnionShare.png"
+ url="https://onionshare.org/"
+ tor="http://elx57ue5uyfplgva.onion/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor onion service, and generating an unguessable URL to access and download the files. It doesn't require setting up a server on the internet somewhere or using a third-party filesharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor onion service to make it temporarily accessible over the internet."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Firefox Send"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Firefox-Send.png"
+ url="https://send.firefox.com/"
+ footer='OS: Browser and Android'
+ description="Send uses end-to-end encryption to keep your data secure from the moment you share to the moment your file is opened. It also offers security controls that you can set. You can choose when your file link expires, the number of downloads, and whether to add an optional password for an extra layer of security."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Magic Wormhole"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Magic-Wormhole.png"
+ url="https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole"
+ footer="OS: cross-platform"
+ description="Get things from one computer to another, safely. This package provides a library and a command-line tool named wormhole, which makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories (or short pieces of text) from one computer to another. The two endpoints are identified by using identical wormhole codes: in general, the sending machine generates and displays the code, which must then be typed into the receiving machine."
+ %}
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/file-sync.html b/_includes/sections/file-sync.html
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+
Secure File Sync Software
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="SparkleShare"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/SparkleShare.png"
+ url="https://sparkleshare.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="SparkleShare creates a special folder on your computer. You can add remotely hosted folders (or \"projects\") to this folder. These projects will be automatically
+ kept in sync with both the host and all of your peers when someone adds, removes or edits a file."
+ %} {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Syncthing"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Syncthing.png"
+ url="https://syncthing.net/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD, Solaris."
+ description="Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to
+ choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third-party and how it's transmitted over the Internet."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
+ git-annex - Allows managing files with git, without checking the file contents into git. While that may seem paradoxical, it is useful when dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle,
+ whether due to limitations in memory, time, or disk space.
+
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/fourteen-eyes.html b/_includes/sections/fourteen-eyes.html
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+
Global Mass Surveillance - The Fourteen Eyes
+
+
+
+
The UKUSA Agreement is an agreement between the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to cooperatively collect, analyze, and share intelligence. Members of this group, known as the Five Eyes, focus on gathering and analyzing intelligence from different parts of the world. While Five Eyes countries have agreed to not spy on each other as adversaries, leaks by Snowden have revealed that some Five Eyes members monitor each other's citizens and share intelligence to avoid breaking domestic laws that prohibit them from spying on their own citizens. The Five Eyes alliance also cooperates with groups of third-party countries to share intelligence (forming the Nine Eyes and Fourteen Eyes), however Five Eyes and third-party countries can and do spy on each other.
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+
+
+
You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. privacytools.io provides services, tools and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Data Center: Bahnhof"
+image="/assets/img/provider/bahnhof.png"
+description="Bahnhof is one of Sweden’s largest network operators, founded in 1994. They specialize in innovative data center construction: Extreme security coupled with low cost green energy has made us world famous."
+website="https://www.bahnhof.net/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-bahnhof-net/341"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="VPS & Domain: Njalla"
+image="/assets/img/provider/Njalla.png"
+description="Created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted Payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal. A privacy-aware domain registration service and VPS provider."
+website="https://njal.la/"
+tor="http://njalladnspotetti.onion"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-njalla/339"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Colocation: DataCell"
+image="/assets/img/provider/datacell.png"
+description="DataCell is a data center providing secure colocating in Switzerland and Iceland."
+website="https://datacell.is/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-datacell-is/342"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="VPS & Hosting: Orange Website"
+image="/assets/img/provider/orange_hosting.png"
+description="Orange Website is an Icelandic web hosting provider that prides themselves in protecting online privacy and free speech."
+website="https://www.orangewebsite.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-orange-website/343"
+%}
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+
Encrypted Instant Messenger
+
+
+ If you are currently using an Instant Messenger like WhatsApp, Viber, LINE, Telegram or Threema, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Mobile: Signal"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Signal.png"
+ url="https://signal.org"
+ footer="OS: Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux"
+ description="Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
+ All communications are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by community donations and grants. There are no advertisements,
+ and it doesn't cost anything to use."
+ %}
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Riot.im"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/riot.png"
+ url="https://riot.im/"
+ footer="OS: Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Web"
+ labels="warning:beta:The software is currently in beta and the mobile client states 'End-to-end encryption is in beta and may not be reliable. You should not yet trust it to secure data.'"
+ description='Riot.im is a decentralized free-software chatting application based on the Matrix protocol, a recent open protocol for real-time communication offering E2E encryption. It can bridge other communications via others protocols such as IRC too.'
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Desktop: Ricochet"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Ricochet.png"
+ url="https://ricochet.im/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description='Ricochet uses the Tor network to reach your contacts without relying on messaging servers. It creates a hidden service, which is used to rendezvous with
+ your contacts without revealing your location or IP address. Instead of a username, you get a unique address that looks like ricochet:rs7ce36jsj24ogfw. Other Ricochet users can use this address to send a contact request - asking to be
+ added to your contacts list.
+ DangerAlways keep Tor up to date. See below: Updating the Tor binary included with Ricochet'
+ %}
+
+
RetroShare - An E2E encrypted instant messaging and voice/video call client. RetroShare supports both TOR and I2P.
+
ChatSecure - ChatSecure is a free and open source messaging app that features OTR encryption over XMPP.
+
Kontalk - A community-driven instant messaging network. Supports end-to-end encryption. Both client-to-server and server-to-server channels are fully encrypted.
+
Conversations - An open source Jabber/XMPP client for Android 4.4+ smartphones. Supports end-to-end encryption with either OMEMO or openPGP. There is also Conversations Legacy which still supports OTR.
+
Wireexperimental (more info) - A free software End-to-End Encrypted chatting application that supports instant messaging, voice, and video calls.
+
Status - Experimental A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messanger with support for DAPPs.
+
+Currently there are no known vulnerabilities with Ricochet. The software is safe to use as long as you update the included Tor binary to the latest version.
+
+
+
Run the Tor Browser installer or extract package for your platform. Windows (.exe), MacOSX (.dmg) and Linux (.tar.bz2).
+
Copy the Tor binary or create a symbolic link to it:
+
+
+
Windows: Copy the Tor binary included with the Tor Browser and overwrite the old one included with Ricochet.
+
+
Tor Browser binary: %HOMEPATH%\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe
+
Ricochet's included binary: %HOMEPATH%\Desktop\Ricochet\tor.exe
+
+
+
MacOSX: Assuming you copied the Tor Browser.app and Ricochet.app from their respective .dmg install media to /Applications:
+ Create a symbolic link to the Tor binary in Terminal. Ricochet will continue to use the up to date version of the Tor binary when you update the Tor Browser Bundle.
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+
Key Disclosure Law
+
+
Who is required to hand over the encryption keys to authorities?
+
+
Mandatory key disclosure laws require individuals to turn over encryption keys to law enforcement conducting a criminal investigation. How these laws are implemented (who may be legally compelled to assist) vary from nation to nation, but a warrant is generally required. Defenses against key disclosure laws include steganography and encrypting data in a way that provides plausible deniability.
Steganography involves hiding sensitive information (which may be encrypted) inside of ordinary data (for example, encrypting an image file and then hiding it in an audio file). With plausible deniability, data is encrypted in a way that prevents an adversary from being able to prove that the information they are after exists (for example, one password may decrypt benign data and another password, used on the same file, could decrypt sensitive data).
* (people who know how to access a system may be ordered to share their knowledge, however, this doesn't apply to the suspect itself or family members.)
Why is it not recommended to choose a US-based service?
+
+
+
+
Services based in the United States are not recommended because of the country's surveillance programs, use of National Security Letters (NSLs) and accompanying gag orders, which forbid the recipient from talking about the request. This combination allows the government to secretly force companies to grant complete access to customer data and transform the service into a tool of mass surveillance.
+
+
An example of this is Lavabit – a secure email service created by Ladar Levison. The FBI requested Snowden's records after finding out that he used the service. Since Lavabit did not keep logs and email content was stored encrypted, the FBI served a subpoena (with a gag order) for the service's SSL keys. Having the SSL keys would allow them to access
+communications (both metadata and unencrypted content) in real time for all of Lavabit's customers, not just Snowden's.
+
+
Ultimately, Levison turned over the SSL keys and shut down the service at the same time. The US government then threatened Levison with arrest, saying that shutting down the service was a violation of the court order.
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+
Live CD Operating Systems
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Tails"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Tails.png"
+ url="https://tails.boum.org/"
+ description='Tails is a live operating system, that starts on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving privacy and anonymity, and helps to: Use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship; Internet connections go through the Tor network; leave no trace on the computer; use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt files, emails and instant messaging.'
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="KNOPPIX"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/KNOPPIX.png"
+ url="https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/"
+ website="knopper.net"
+ description="Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB flash drive (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Puppy Linux"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Puppy-Linux.png"
+ url="http://puppylinux.org/"
+ description="Puppy Linux operating system is a lightweight Linux distribution that focuses on ease of use and minimal memory footprint. The entire system can be run from RAM with current versions generally taking up about 210 MB, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
Tiny Core Linux - A minimal Linux operating system focusing on providing a base system using BusyBox and FLTK. The distribution is notable for its size (15 MB) and minimalism, with additional functionality
+ provided by extensions.
+
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+
Mobile Operating Systems
+
+
+ Even though the source code of the following OS is provided, installing Google Apps may compromise your setup.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="LineageOS"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/LineageOS.png"
+ url="https://www.lineageos.org/"
+ description="LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets, based on the official releases of the Android Open Source Project. It is the continuation of the CyanogenMod project."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Ubuntu Touch"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Ubuntu-Touch.png"
+ url="https://ubuntu-touch.io/"
+ description="Ubuntu Touch is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets. It's an alternative to the current popular mobile operating systems on the market. Only a few devices are supported."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="GrapheneOS"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/GrapheneOS.png"
+ url="https://grapheneos.org/"
+ description="GrapheneOS is a free and open-source security and privacy focused mobile operating system built on top of the Android Open Source Project. It currently specifically targets devices offering strong hardware security."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
Replicant - An open-source operating system based on Android, aiming to replace all proprietary components with free software.
+
OmniROM - A free software operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.
+
MicroG - A project that aims to reimplement the proprietary Google Play Services in the Android operating system with a FLOSS replacement.
+
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+
Digital Notebook
+
+
+ If you are currently using an application like Evernote, Google Keep or Microsoft OneNote you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Joplin"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Joplin.png"
+ url="https://joplin.cozic.net/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Firefox/Chrome (Web Clipper)."
+ description="Joplin is a free, open source, fully featured note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of markdown notes organized into notebooks and tags. It offers E2EE encryption and can sync through Nextcloud, Dropbox and more. It also offers easy import from Evernote and plain text notes."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Standard Notes"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/StandardNotes.png"
+ url="https://standardnotes.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web."
+ description="Standard Notes is a simple and private notes app that makes your notes easy and available everywhere you are. Features end-to-end encryption on every platform, and a powerful desktop experience with themes and custom editors."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Turtl"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Turtl.png"
+ url="https://turtlapp.com/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android."
+ description="Turtl lets you take notes, bookmark websites, and store documents for sensitive projects. From sharing passwords with your coworkers to tracking research on an article you're writing, Turtl keeps it all safe from everyone but you and those you share with."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Warning
+
+
+
Note: As of Dec 2018, Joplin does not support password/pin protection for the application itself or individual notes/notebooks. Data is still encrypted in transit and at sync location using your master key. See open issue.
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
Notable - The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.
+
Paperwork - Open source and self-hosted solution. For PHP / MySQL servers.
+
Org-mode - A major mode for GNU Emacs. Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system.
+
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+
PC Operating Systems
+
+
+ If you are currently using a operating system like Microsoft Windows or Apple macOS, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Qubes OS"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Qubes-OS.png"
+ url="https://www.qubes-os.org/"
+ tor="http://qubesos4rrrrz6n4.onion"
+ description="Qubes is an open-source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing. Qubes is based on Xen, the X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Debian"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Debian.png"
+ url="https://www.debian.org/"
+ tor="http://sejnfjrq6szgca7v.onion"
+ description="Debian is a Unix-like computer operating system and a Linux distribution that is composed entirely of free and open-source software, most of which is under the GNU General Public License, and packaged by a group of individuals known as the Debian project."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Trisquel"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Trisquel.png"
+ url="https://trisquel.info/"
+ description="Trisquel is a Linux-based operating system derived from Ubuntu. The project aims for a fully free software system without proprietary software or firmware and uses Linux-libre, a version of the Linux kernel with the non-free code (binary blobs) removed."
+ %}
+
+
OpenBSD - A project that produces a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
+
Arch Linux - A simple, lightweight Linux distribution. It is composed predominantly of free and open-source software, and supports community involvement. Parabola is a
+ completely open source version of Arch Linux.
+
Whonix - A Debian GNU/Linux based security-focused Linux distribution. It aims to provide privacy, security and anonymity on the internet. The operating system consists of two virtual machines, a "Workstation"
+ and a Tor "Gateway". All communication are forced through the Tor network to accomplish this.
+
Subgraph OS - Another Debian based Linux distribution, it features security hardening which makes it more resistant to security vulnerabilities. Subgraph runs many desktop applications in a security sandbox to limit their risk in case of compromise.
+ By default, it anonymizes Internet traffic by sending it through the Tor network. Note: It is still in alpha, and much testing and bug fixing still has to be done.
+
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+
+
Participate with suggestions and constructive criticism
+
+
+
It's important for a website like privacytools.io to stay up-to-date. Keep an eye on software updates for the applications listed on our site. Follow recent news about providers that we recommend. We try our best to keep up, but we're not perfect and the internet is changing fast. If you find an error, or you think a provider should not be listed here, or a qualified service provider is missing, or a browser plugin is not the best choice anymore, or anything else... Talk to us please. You can also find us on our own Mastodon instance or on Matrix at #general:privacytools.io.
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Discourse & Reddit"
+ image="/assets/img/icons/discourse.png"
+ url="https://forum.privacytools.io/"
+ website="Discourse"
+ extra_button='Reddit'
+ description='Join our Discourse community to stay up to date on privacy news or make suggestions!'
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Follow on Mastodon & Twitter"
+ image="/assets/img/icons/mastodon.png"
+ url="https://social.privacytools.io/"
+ website="Mastodon"
+ extra_button='Twitter'
+ description="Get the latest privacy-related updates from our Mastodon Feed. Follow us today!"
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Develop on GitHub"
+ image="/assets/img/icons/github.png"
+ url="https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io"
+ website="GitHub"
+ description="The complete website source code is available on GitHub. Join our developer team!"
+ extra_button='Contributor List'
+ %}
+
+
+
+
This is a community project aiming to deliver the best information available to improve privacy online. Thank you for participating. This project needs you.
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+
Password Manager Software
+
+
+ If you are currently using a password manager software like 1Password, LastPass, Roboform or iCloud Keychain, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Bitwarden - Cloud/Self-host"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/bitwarden.png"
+ url="https://bitwarden.com/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web."
+ description="Bitwarden is a free and open source password manager. It aims to solve password management problems for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Bitwarden is among the easiest and safest solutions to store all of your logins and passwords while conveniently keeping them synced between all of your devices. If you don't want to use the Bitwarden cloud, you can easily host your own Bitwarden server."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="KeePass / KeePassXC - Local"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/KeePass.png"
+ url="https://keepass.info/download.html"
+ website="keepass.info"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, BSD."
+ description='KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. All passwords in one database, which is locked with one
+ master key or a key file. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known: AES and Twofish. See also: KeePassXC with official native cross-platform support for Windows/macOS/Linux.'
+ %}
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="LessPass - Browser"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/LessPass.png"
+ url="https://lesspass.com/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android."
+ description="LessPass is a free and open source password manager that generates unique passwords for websites, email accounts, or anything else based on a master password and information you know. No sync needed. Uses PBKDF2 and SHA-256. It's advised to use the browser addons for more security."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
+ Master Password - Master Password is based on an ingenious password generation algorithm that guarantees your passwords can never be lost. Its passwords aren't stored: they are generated on-demand from your name, the site and your master password. No syncing, backups or internet access needed.
+
+
+
+ Psono - Free and open source password manager for teams with client side encryption and secure sharing of passwords, files, bookmarks, emails... All secrets are protected by a master password. Uses NACL Crypto, a combination of Curve25519, Salsa20 and Poly1305.
+
+
+
+ Password Safe - Whether the answer is one or hundreds, Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted username/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember
+ a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire username/password list.
+
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+
Pastebin Services
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="PrivateBin"
+image="/assets/img/tools/PrivateBin.png"
+description="PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES. It is the improved version of ZeroBin."
+website="https://bin.privacytools.io/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-privatebin/296"
+github="https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Ghostbin"
+image="/assets/img/tools/Ghostbin.png"
+description="Ghostbin supports encryption, expiration, sessions, grant users to edit your notes and pastes up to one megabyte. You can also create your own account to keep track of your pastes. The software is good but ghostbin.com's security is worrisome."
+website="https://ghostbin.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-ghostbin/298"
+github="https://github.com/DHowett/spectre"
+%}
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
disroot.org - Free privacy-friendly service that offers PrivateBin and other applications.
+
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+
More Privacy Resources
+
+
Guides
+
+
+
Surveillance Self-Defense by EFF - Guide to defending yourself from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
+
The Crypto Paper - Privacy, Security and Anonymity for Every Internet User.
The Ultimate Privacy Guide - Excellent privacy guide written by the creators of the bestVPN.com website.
+
IVPN Privacy Guides - These privacy guides explain how to obtain vastly greater freedom, privacy and anonymity through compartmentalization and isolation.
PRISM Break - We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.
+
Security in-a-Box - A guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders throughout the world.
+
SecureDrop - An open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. It was originally created
+ by the late Aaron Swartz and is currently managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation.
+
Reset The Net - Privacy Pack - Help fight to end mass surveillance. Get these tools to protect yourself and your friends.
+
Security First - Umbrella is an Android app that provides all the advice needed to operate safely in a hostile environment.
Osalt - A directory to help you find open source alternatives to proprietary tools.
+
AlternativeTo - A directory to help find alternatives to other software, with the option to only show open source software
+
+
+
Note: Just being open source does not make software secure!
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+
Productivity Tools
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="CryptPad"
+ image="/assets/img/provider/CryptPad.png"
+
+ description="CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All content is end-to-end encrypted. It is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by donations and grants. No registration is required, and it can be used anonymously via Tor browser."
+
+ url="https://cryptpad.fr/"
+ footer='OS: Linux, macOS, Windows, Web.'
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Etherpad"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Etherpad.png"
+ url="https://etherpad.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time. Etherpad allows you to edit documents collaboratively in real-time, much like a live multi-player editor that runs in your browser. Write articles, press releases, to-do lists, etc. Sites That Run Etherpad"
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Write.as"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/WriteAs.png"
+ url="https://write.as/"
+ tor="http://writeas7pm7rcdqg.onion"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Web."
+ description="Write.as is a cross-platform, privacy-oriented blogging platform. It's anonymous by default, letting you publish without signing up. If you create an account, it doesn't require any personal information. No ads, distraction-free, and built on a sustainable business model."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
Cryptee - Free privacy-friendly service for storing Documents, files and Photos
+
EtherCalc - EtherCalc is a web spreadsheet. Data is saved on the web, and people can edit the same document at the same time. Changes are instantly reflected on all screens. Work together on inventories, survey forms, list management, brainstorming sessions.
+
disroot.org - Free privacy-friendly service that offers Etherpad, EtherCalc and PrivateBin.
+
dudle - An online scheduling application, which is free and OpenSource. Schedule meetings or make small online polls. No email collection or the need of registration.
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+
+
Privacy? I don't have anything to hide.
+
+
+
+ Over the last 16 months, as I've debated this issue around the world, every single time somebody has said to me, "I don't really worry about invasions of privacy because I don't have anything to hide." I always say the same thing to them. I get out a
+ pen, I write down my email address. I say, "Here's my email address. What I want you to do when you get home is email me the passwords to all of your email accounts, not just the nice, respectable work one in your name, but all of them, because I
+ want to be able to just troll through what it is you're doing online, read what I want to read and publish whatever I find interesting. After all, if you're not a bad person, if you're doing nothing wrong, you should have nothing to hide." Not a single person has taken me up on that offer.
+
+
+
+
+
The primary reason for window curtains in our house, is to stop people from being able to see in. The reason we don’t want them to see in is because we consider much of what we do inside our homes to be private. Whether that be having dinner at the table, watching a movie with your kids, or even engaging in intimate or sexual acts with your partner. None of these things are illegal by any means but even knowing this, we still keep the curtains and blinds on our windows. We clearly have this strong desire for privacy when it comes to our personal life and the public.
Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
+
+
+
+
+
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all
+ I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is
+ not something I am willing to support or live under.
+
+
+
+
+
We all need places where we can go to explore without the judgmental eyes of other people being cast upon us, only in a realm where we're not being watched can we really test the limits of who we want to be. It's really in the private realm where
+ dissent, creativity and personal exploration lie.
+
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/resources.html b/_includes/sections/resources.html
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+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Providers"
+ icon="fas fa-server"
+ iconcolor="dark"
+ page="/providers/"
+ description="Discover privacy-centric online services, including email providers, VPN operators, DNS administrators, and more!"
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Web Browsers"
+ icon="far fa-compass"
+ iconcolor="dark"
+ page="/browsers/"
+ description="Find a web browser that respects your privacy, and discover how to harden your browser against tracking and leaks."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Software"
+ icon="far fa-window-restore"
+ iconcolor="dark"
+ page="/software/"
+ description="Discover a variety of open source software built to protect your privacy and keep your digital data secure."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="info"
+ title="Operating Systems"
+ icon="fas fa-desktop"
+ iconcolor="dark"
+ page="/operating-systems/"
+ description="Find out how your operating system is comprimising your privacy, and what simple alternatives exist."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="secondary"
+ title="privacytoolsIO Services"
+ icon="far fa-eye-slash"
+ iconcolor="dark"
+ page="/services/"
+ description="The privacytools.io team is proud to launch a variety of privacy-centric online services, including a Mastodon instance, search engine, and more!"
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="danger"
+ title="Donate"
+ icon="fas fa-donate"
+ iconcolor="dark"
+ page="/donate/"
+ description="We can't operate this site without the generous contributions we receive from our viewers. If you love privacy and our website please consider donating."
+ %}
+
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/router-firmware.html b/_includes/sections/router-firmware.html
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+
Open Source Router Firmware
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="OpenWrt"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/OpenWrt.png"
+ url="https://openwrt.org/"
+ description="OpenWrt is an operating system (in particular, an embedded operating system) based on the Linux kernel, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are the Linux kernel, util-linux, uClibc and BusyBox. All components have been optimized for size, to be small enough for fitting into the limited storage and memory available in home routers."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="pfSense"
+ labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
+ image="/assets/img/tools/pfSense.png"
+ url="https://pfsense.org/"
+ description="pfSense is an open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD. It is installed on a computer to make a dedicated firewall/router for a network and is noted for its reliability and offering features often only found in expensive commercial firewalls. pfSense is commonly deployed as a perimeter firewall, router, wireless access point, DHCP server, DNS server, and as a VPN endpoint."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="LibreCMC"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/LibreCMC.png"
+ url="https://librecmc.org"
+ description="LibreCMC is a GNU/Linux-libre distribution for computers with minimal resources, such as the Ben Nanonote, ath9k-based Wi-Fi routers, and other hardware with emphasis on free software. The project's current goal is to aim for compliance with the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG) and ensure that the project continues to meet these requirements set forth by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
OpenBSD - A project that produces a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
+
DD-WRT - A is Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and wireless access points. It is compatible with several models of routers and access points.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/search-engines.html b/_includes/sections/search-engines.html
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+
Privacy Respecting Search Engines
+
+
+ If you are currently using search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="searx - Decentral"
+image="/assets/img/provider/searx.jpg"
+description='An open source metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users. No logs, no ads and no tracking. List of Instances or try search.privacytools.io'
+website="https://searx.me/"
+tor="http://ulrn6sryqaifefld.onion"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-searx/283"
+github="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="StartPage - Netherlands"
+image="/assets/img/provider/StartPage.png"
+description="Google search results, with complete privacy protection. Behind StartPage is a European company that has been obsessive about privacy since 2006."
+website="https://www.startpage.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-startpage/284"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="DuckDuckGo - USA"
+image="/assets/img/provider/DuckDuckGo.jpg"
+description='The search engine that doesn\'t track you. Some of DuckDuckGo\'s code is free software hosted at GitHub, but the core is proprietary. The company is based in the USA.'
+website="https://duckduckgo.com/"
+tor="http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-duckduckgo/285"
+github="https://github.com/duckduckgo"
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Qwant - France"
+image="/assets/img/provider/qwant.jpg"
+description='Qwants philosophy is based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. Qwant was launched in France in February 2013. Privacy Policy.'
+website="https://www.qwant.com/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-qwant/286"
+github="https://github.com/Qwant/"
+%}
+
+
+
Firefox Addon
+
+
+
+ Google search link fix - Firefox extension that prevents Google and Yandex search pages from modifying search result links when you click them. This is useful when
+ copying links but it also helps privacy by preventing the search engines from recording your clicks. (Open Source)
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
YaCy - A free software P2P search engine powered by its users.
+
Jive Search - A free software search engine with a similar look and feel to Google.
+
MetaGer - An open source metasearch engine, which is based in Germany. It focuses on protecting the user's privacy.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/self-contained-networks.html b/_includes/sections/self-contained-networks.html
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+
Self-contained Networks
+
+
+ If you are currently browsing clearnet and want to access the dark web, this section is for you.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Tor Browser"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Tor-Project.png"
+ url="https://www.torproject.org/"
+ tor="http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion"
+ footer='OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, OpenBSD.'
+ description="The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor's users employ this network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than making a direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Tor is an effective censorship circumvention tool."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="I2P Anonymous Network"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/I2P.png"
+ url="https://geti2p.net/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD / Solaris."
+ description="The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a computer network layer that allows applications to send messages to each other pseudonymously and securely. Uses include anonymous
+ Web surfing, chatting, blogging and file transfers. The software that implements this layer is called an I2P router and a computer running I2P is called an I2P node. The software is free and open source and is published under multiple licenses."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="The Freenet Project"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Freenet.png"
+ url="https://freenetproject.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication. It uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information, and
+ has a suite of free software for publishing and communicating on the Web without fear of censorship. Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke, who defined Freenet's goal as providing freedom of speech
+ on the Internet with strong anonymity protection."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
ZeroNet - Open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network.
+
RetroShare - Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralized communication platform.
+
GNUnet - GNUnet provides a strong foundation of free software for a global, distributed network that provides security and privacy.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/selfhosted-cloud.html b/_includes/sections/selfhosted-cloud.html
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+
Self-Hosted Cloud Server Software
+
+
+ If you are currently using a Cloud Storage Services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Apple iCloud, you should think about hosting it on your own.
+
+
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Pydio"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Pydio.png"
+ url="https://pydio.com/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android."
+ description="Pydio is open source software that turns instantly any server (on-premise, NAS, cloud IaaS or PaaS) into a file sharing platform for your company. It is an alternative
+ to SaaS Boxes and Drives, with more control, safety and privacy, and favorable TCOs."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Tahoe-LAFS"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Tahoe-LAFS.png"
+ url="https://www.tahoe-lafs.org/"
+ footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
+ description="Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open decentralized cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are
+ taken over by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Nextcloud"
+ image="/assets/img/provider/Nextcloud.png"
+ url="https://nextcloud.com/"
+ footer="Client OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, iOS, Android, Fire OS. Server: Linux."
+ description="Similar functionally to the widely used Dropbox, with the difference being that Nextcloud is free and open-source, and thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server, with no limits on storage space or the number of connected clients."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
CryptPad - End-to-end encrypted real time collaboration sharing folders, media, and documents (open-source).
+
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/social-networks.html b/_includes/sections/social-networks.html
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+
Decentralized Social Networks
+
+
+ If you are currently using Social Networks like Facebook or Twitter, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Mastodon - Twitter Alternative"
+image="/assets/img/tools/Mastodon.png"
+description='Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It is decentralized like e-mail. It also has the most users, and the most diverse (in terms of interests) users, looks good, and is easy to setup. Feel welcome to join our hosted instance: social.privacytools.io'
+website="https://joinmastodon.org/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-mastodon/289"
+github="https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon"
+android=""
+ios=""
+web=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="diaspora* - Google+ Alternative"
+image="/assets/img/tools/diaspora.png"
+description="diaspora* is based on three key philosophies: Decentralization, freedom and privacy. It is intended to address privacy concerns related to centralized social networks by allowing users set up their own server (or \"pod\") to host content; pods can then interact to share status updates, photographs, and other social data."
+website="https://diasporafoundation.org/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-diaspora/290"
+github="https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
+android=""
+web=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="Friendica - Facebook Alternative"
+image="/assets/img/tools/Friendica.png"
+description="Friendica has an emphasis on extensive privacy settings and easy server installation. It aims to federate with as many other social networks as possible. Currently, Friendica users can integrate contacts from Facebook, Twitter, Diaspora, GNU social, App.net, Pump.io and other services in their social streams."
+website="https://friendi.ca/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-friendica/291"
+github="https://github.com/friendica/friendica"
+windows=""
+linux=""
+android=""
+web=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="PixelFed - Instagram Alternative"
+image="/assets/img/provider/pixelfed.png"
+description='A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation. Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform. You can run your own instance or join one.'
+website="https://pixelfed.social/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-pixelfed/293"
+github="https://github.com/pixelfed"
+web=""
+%}
+
+{% include cardv2.html
+title="GNU social - Twitter Alternative"
+image="/assets/img/provider/gnu-social.png"
+description="A social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation."
+website="https://gnu.io/social/"
+forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-gnu-social/292"
+github="https://github.com/foocorp/gnu-social"
+android=""
+ios=""
+linux=""
+windows=""
+web=""
+%}
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
Minds - An open source and distributed social networking service, integrating the blockchain to reward the community.
+
Movim - Federated social platform that relies on the XMPP standard and therefore allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices.
+
+
+
Related Information
+
+
JustDeleteMe - A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.
+
Forget - A service that automatically deletes your old posts on Twitter and Mastodon that everyone has forgotten about.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/voice-video-messenger.html b/_includes/sections/voice-video-messenger.html
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+
Encrypted Video & Voice Messenger
+
+
+ If you are currently using a Video & Voice Messenger like Skype, Viber or Google Hangouts, you should pick an alternative here.
+
+
+ {% include card.html color="success"
+ title="Mobile: Signal"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Signal.png"
+ url="https://signal.org"
+ footer="OS: Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux"
+ description="Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
+ All communications are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by community donations and grants. There are no advertisements,
+ and it doesn't cost anything to use."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="primary"
+ title="Wire"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/wire.png"
+ url="https://get.wire.com"
+ footer="OS: Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Web"
+ description="Wire is an app developed by Wire Swiss GmbH.
+ The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. Wire is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code.
+ The development team is backed by Iconical and they will monetize in the future with premium features/services.
+ Caution: The company keeps a list of all the users you contact until you delete your account."
+ %}
+
+ {% include card.html color="warning"
+ title="Linphone"
+ image="/assets/img/tools/Linphone.png"
+ url="https://www.linphone.org/"
+ footer="OS: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, Windows, macOS, Browser (Web)"
+ description="Linphone is an open source SIP Phone and a free voice over IP service, available on mobile and desktop environments and on web browsers. It supports ZRTP for end-to-end encrypted voice and video communication."
+ %}
+
+
+
+
Worth Mentioning
+
+
+
Jitsi - Jitsi is a free and open source multiplatform voice (VoIP), videoconferencing and instant messaging application.
+
Tox - Experimental A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messaging and video calling software.
+
Jami (formerly Ring/SFLphone) - Gives you a full control over your communications and an unmatched level of privacy.
+ Note: Using a VPN provider will not make you anonymous. But it will give you a better privacy. A VPN is not a tool for illegal activities. Don't rely on a "no log" policy.
+
+
+
+
+
+
Our VPN Provider Criteria
+
+
+
Operating outside the USA or other Five Eyes countries.
+
diff --git a/_includes/sections/warrant-canary.html b/_includes/sections/warrant-canary.html
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+
What is a warrant canary?
+
+
+
+
A warrant canary is a posted document stating that an organization has not received any secret subpoenas during a specific period of time. If this document fails to be updated during the specified time then the user is to assume that the service has received such a subpoena and should stop using the service.
This tool uses some known methods that attempt to disable major tracking features in Windows 10.
+
+
Related Information
+
+
+
Microsoft Privacy Statement - Microsoft collects, uses and discloses personal information as described here. This allows One Drive data, Cortana searches and MS browser history to be sold to third parties.
+
Cortana and privacy - To personalize your experience and provide the best possible suggestions, Cortana accesses your email and other communications and collects data about your contacts (People), like their title, suffix, first name, last name, middle name, nicknames, and company name. If you call, email, or text someone or they call, email, or text you, Cortana collects that person’s email address or phone number.